Toddler ties done!

Toddler ties done!, originally uploaded by cherry_rockette.

Just have to add the Velcro. So friggen dorky and cute!

xCherry

www.FuriousKingston.com.au

Snaps press hack

If you own a snap press for nappies, it only comes with the dies for plastic snaps. And if you want to buy the dies for metal snaps at a later date, well, it's pretty darn exxy.
I discovered a simple solution the other day when fuming over lack of funds to purchase said dies.

I give you the snaps press hack!
So simple I'm surprised I didn't think of it before. Just take out the top die and replace with the little tool that comes in the packet of snaps. Tighten. Put the base snap holder on the lower die. A bit of padded double sided sticky tape works well to hold it in place.

And that's it. So easy.
The result is much nicer than when I bang away with a hammer too.






Happy snapping!

xCherry

www.FuriousKingston.com.au

Little toddler ties! So cute!

Little toddler ties! So cute!, originally uploaded by cherry_rockette.

I've had so much work to do to get ready for Mathilda's I've been putting off the little crappy jobs. But thankfully my super sister came to the rescue on the weekend and spent most of Sunday helping me out in the sweat shop. She cut out these insanely cute mini ties and bow ties (they'll have elastic and Velcro so they're toddler safe), and trimmed leather belts and sewed on buttons and steamed singlets and talked crap with me all day. Was great! She's even cutting some moustache logos out at work for me. Yay!
Slave labour sisters are great.

xCherry

www.FuriousKingston.com.au

Ugh I hate pee shrinking

Ugh I hate pee shrinking, originally uploaded by cherry_rockette.

10m of denim and 3m of drill to be pre shrunk before cutting. Off to the laundromat with you. Too much for our little machine to wash without threatening to strike.
The shrinkage is 5%, so technically I could I just alter my pattern to include it, but safer to wash in fabric form I think.

xCherry

www.FuriousKingston.com.au

Waistcoats for stylish boys

Waistcoats for stylish boys, originally uploaded by cherry_rockette.

Just the buttons and holes to go and then these are done too.

xCherry

www.FuriousKingston.com.au

Pants pants pants pants

Pants pants pants pants, originally uploaded by cherry_rockette.

On the machine:
Lovely linen/cotton rude boy pants for summer. So cool and not tooooo wrinkley.

xCherry

www.FuriousKingston.com.au

Sewing tip: keep your needles handy

Next time you switch needles, keep the packet somewhere handy so you remember what kind you're using. Far easier than trying to read the tiny numbers on the needle, let alone remember if it's a ball point or sharp.
Oh and a piece of fabric wrapped around the machine with a little wadding underneath makes a great pin cushion in the handiest place. Not the prettiest, I know. And you'd get hate mail if you sent it out in a pin cushion swap, but it definitely keeps pins nearby when you need them.

xCherry

www.FuriousKingston.com.au